<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1021824, July 2012

B767-300 flight crew reports a brake temperature warning for one brake (7) after parking and makes a logbook entry. They are subsequently informed by ground personnel that a fire was detected and a fire extinguisher was used.

Attributes
ACN	1021824
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZZ.Airport
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 225 Flight Crew Total 15500 Flight Crew Type 12000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 24000 Flight Crew Type 10000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

After parking and running checklists; we had a brake temp light and one of the brakes was at 7. We wrote up the hot brakes and were reviewing the book for additional information/actions when ground personnel called the cockpit. We were advised they had seen a small fire on the hot brake and had used an extinguisher on it. Ground said no indications of fire remained.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 flight crew reports a brake temperature warning for one brake (7) after parking and makes a logbook entry. They are subsequently informed by ground personnel that a fire was detected and a fire extinguisher was used.

Narrative: After parking and running checklists; we had a brake temp light and one of the brakes was at 7. We wrote up the hot brakes and were reviewing the book for additional information/actions when ground personnel called the cockpit. We were advised they had seen a small fire on the hot brake and had used an extinguisher on it. Ground said no indications of fire remained.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.